percentages - 6:12 am on Jan 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

I think AV is great, a worthy competitor to Google in most respects of search quality. The interface is much cleaner, maybe with a little more work would make it perfect.

I would love to see them make a comeback on their own two feet, but failing that I would like to see one of the bigger players purchase their results instead of Google's.

It appears Y! is going towards Ink. So maybe MSN taking on AV results would be good in the eyes of MS as I am sure they won't want to share Inktomi with Y! long term.

Alternatively AOL using AV would also be more acceptable. Hard to see that happening anytime soon :(

Anything that gets some of the eggs out of the Google basket would be good :)

Google treats me good, but I don't like having 80% of the SE power controlled by a bunch of geeks who operate on a philosophical playing field.